I'm really impressed with the new forums that have been migrated to MSDN Forums v3.0, changes are listed here. One thing to note is the "proposed answer" functionality which I think will help people mark answers easier than the last interface. Of interest was the fact that the SharePoint topics balance between Answered and Unanswered Threads. Take these examples:
InfoPath - Answered: 252 Unanswered: 1217 = 17%
BDC - Answered: 0 Unanswered: 530 = 0%
Workflow - Answered: 548 Unanswered: 1705 = 24%
Search - Answered: 305 Unanswered: 937 = 24%
You get the general picture. These are key areas of MOSS Platform and I think it shows the immaturity of the community in these spaces compared to things such as:
Excel Services - Answered: 230 Unanswered: 194 = 54%
Activity
Maybe this is an indication of where the most activity is happening in the SharePoint Pillars...
In terms of custom development, there also appears to be a lot happening in this space.
SharePoint Development - Answered: 4701 Unanswered: 2451 = 65%
As apposed to this section that I'm assuming is about OOTB functionality:
SharePoint Design and Customization - Answered: 4103 Unanswered: 12270 = 25%
I encourage everyone involved in SharePoint to help out where they can. We've all been there and Google'd our way out of trouble by finding forum posts or blog posts on the subjects causing us grief!
I'm currently on level one in the medal talleys but want a full collection pretty soon...which will hopefully lead me to MVP status in SharePoint ;-)
